In Tank Refugium
Posted by gerard on December 4, 2008 under Aquarium Info | 
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I have a 29gallon Biocube and I was thining about putting a small refugium in my display tank. Reason being that I want to try and lower my nitrates using some Chaeto. If i put a refugium in one of the back compartments I have to light it and figure out a way to do that. I have read of others using a soap dish in their main tank with a clump of chaeto in it. Then you just light it with your main lights on the tank. Has anyone done that with success? Any ideas would be great.
stonyreef said,
To be blunt, the soap dish of chaeto in the display tank looks like crap. Just an opinion, but sometimes form needs to rank over function, and a basket full of stringy algae blocking view of corals is one of those times
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I’ve seen where people strip the back plastic from nano tanks and light it that way. Is an external sump / refugium not an option?
gerard said,
really my only other option is in the middle back chamber of the biocube. i have no room for a sump or i would put it there. space is my biggest issue. if i could put it in the middle back chamber then i need to light it. problem there is that the tank is right up against the wall so i couldnt peel off the backing and put a light there. i would have to get some kind of submersible light and just drop it in with the chaeto. do you think thats an ok idea?
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